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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to say something blunt about the Joy-Ann Reid story... [View all]sheshe2
(97,719 posts)8. Russia proves that it is easy.
If digital hacking is so easy, and "they" were so afraid of media voices, there plenty of others with larger audiences to target.
They hacked our elections.
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Given that she previously apologized for writing homophobic posts in that same time frame
mythology
Apr 2018
#26
Some of us old white ladies like her too. I like brainy women, & Joy qualifies. nt
Hekate
Apr 2018
#39
"Why does this remind me of the accusations against Franken last December?"
brooklynite
Apr 2018
#11
I don't know if Reid was hacked or not, but I can certainly see why she would be targeted.
Garrett78
Apr 2018
#19
There would only be a wedge if there was a significant pro- and anti- Reid constituency...
brooklynite
Apr 2018
#21
Not true. The potential wedge (even if it was merely a media invention) would be...
Garrett78
Apr 2018
#24
Your premise--which is that she's a nobody & nobody would waste time hacking--
ecstatic
Apr 2018
#31
If you read that paper, spoofing requires the attacker to have access to the original server
Azathoth
Apr 2018
#43
And that's *now*. Almost no one knew who she was back in 2006 when she was allegedly hacked
Azathoth
Apr 2018
#32
From the statement: "At no time has Ms. Reid claimed that the Wayback machine was hacked"
Azathoth
Apr 2018
#74
Yeah, but those pages are in the Internet Archive. they were archived in 2006.
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2018
#84
I specifically stated that I take no position as to the validity of their claim.
OilemFirchen
Apr 2018
#90
Except they've said they aren't claiming that the archive was hacked.
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2018
#105
They've made no such claim relating to the Internet Archive or LOC archive
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2018
#111
We are being ratfcked.Again.DU is "not that important" either, yet this site was mugged, vandalized
Hekate
Apr 2018
#35
not many people know about DU and yet you post stuff trying to convince people of stuff
JI7
Apr 2018
#88
I just want to know which side is going to be wearing the tinfoil hats by the end.
Blue_Adept
Apr 2018
#130
Why would the FBI be involved? Because she asserted that a crime occurred.
brooklynite
Apr 2018
#141
It is possible that she was a victim of hacking, and also that the blog posts were hers
oberliner
Apr 2018
#147
DU, as much as I am a fan, isn't that important either. Probably less important than Reid. Yet...
stevenleser
Apr 2018
#154